Minako Kotobuki

Kotobuki Minako

  • Name: Kotobuki Minako
  • Native name: 寿美菜子
  • Nationality: Japanese
  • Gender: Female
  • Born: September 17, 1991
  • Age: 33
Kotobuki Minako is a Japanese actress, voice actress, and singer. She played Tsumugi Kotobuki in the anime series K-On! about a high school girl band. The show launched her music career as she performed the opening and ending themes, and joined three other voice actresses as the music group Sphere.

Born in Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, at the age of three years, Kotobuki, along with her parents, was caught up in the Great Hanshin earthquake. Not long after having seen a 1997 Japanese film entitled Chikyuu ga Ugoita Hi ("The Day the Earth Moved"), all of these events inspired Kotobuki to pursue her career as a voice actress.

Coupled with the release of her first album My Stride, Kotobuki had her first solo Japan-wide concert tour entitled Our Stride in 2012 spanning across four dates and venues starting from November 18 in Kobe's International House Kokusai Hall and ending on December 9 in Ōmiya's Sonic City Hall.

Kotobuki is said to be "the fastest learner on how to dance" among her peers as far as her being a member of Sphere goes so much that she even guides the other three members of Sphere on dancing. Even in singing, Kotobuki is said to learn just as fast, "a pro in harmonization" according to her fellow castmate in K-On!, Sato Satomi, and "someone who has a good sense in pitch" according to one of K-On's staff members in charge of the music.

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Drama
Year Title # Role Rating
2019 Gekidan Sphere
Japanese Drama, 2019, 10 eps
(Main Role)
10
Main Role
0.0
2017 Final Fantasy XIV: Hikari no Otousan
Japanese Drama, 2017, 8 eps
Aru-chan (Voice Actor)
8
Aru-chan
Voice Actor
7.6
2016 Doubutsu Sentai Zyuohger
Japanese Drama, 2016, 48 eps
Naria (Voice Actor)
48
Naria
Voice Actor
7.6
Movie
Year Title Role Rating
2017 Doubutsu Sentai Zyuohger Returns: Life Received! The Earth's Monarchs' Decisive Battle!
Japanese Movie, 2017,
Naria (Voice Actor)
Naria
Voice Actor
7.4
2017 Doubutsu Sentai Zyuohger vs. Ninninger the Movie: Super Sentai's Message from the Future
Japanese Movie, 2017,
Naria (Voice Actor)
Naria
Voice Actor
7.3
2016 Doubutsu Sentai Zyuohger the Movie: The Heart Pounding Circus Panic
Japanese Movie, 2016,
Naria (Voice Actor)
Naria
Voice Actor
7.0
2014 Oh Brother, Oh Sister!
Japanese Movie, 2014,
Asako (Support Role)
Asako
Support Role
7.1
2014 Kiki's Delivery Service
Japanese Movie, 2014,
Jiji (Voice Actor)
Jiji
Voice Actor
7.3
2013 School Girl Complex
Japanese Movie, 2013,
Motonishi Ikumi (Support Role)
Motonishi Ikumi
Support Role
6.6
2007 Crows Zero
Japanese Movie, 2007,
[High school girl] (Guest Role)
[High school girl]
Guest Role
8.0
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  • First Name: Minako
  • Family Name: Kotobuki
  • Native name: 寿美菜子
  • Nationality: Japanese
  • Gender: Female
  • Born: September 17, 1991
  • Age: 33

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